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Finally came around a workabout.
Bootrec /RebuildBcd and Bootrec /fixboot kept coming back with an "element not found" message.
Eventually purchased Avanquest Partitiion Commander, and blew away everything on my main (1.5TB) hard drive. Re-partitioned, used the various MBR and BCD utilities, reloaded all the data and reinstalled Win7 from a fairly recent image file.
Eventually got everything back to (more or less) normal. I have rebooted many times over the last halfday, and it looks like it is stable and fixed.
Didn't find a solution to the root cause, but am up and running so I guess (hope!!!) it is resolved.

MBR Probs, can't run "bootsec"

Kyboard deos not respond to the keys: "e", "d", "c" and "3"Example sentence: vrytim I prss ths kys, nothing happns. Now I'm writing with my on-sreen keyboard. I'm clueless when it comes to computer stuff. How do I fix this? Is this a software problem, or a hardware problem?Help is much appreciated!

Hardware & Devices

Changing the "minimize" "maximize" and "close" buttons of a themeOk so I'm using a custom visual style made by another user however I don't really like the buttons used that I mentioned above. The creator states it is acceptable to change the theme to however you like as long as you don't redistribute it anywhere.
Ok so I opened up the .msstyles file (using...

Customization

BSOD every few hours: mostly "STOP: 0x00000F4", "c00021a" & "c0000135"Hi everyone!
Yesterday my HP laptop (Windows 7) started getting BSOD with various types of errors (mostly "STOP: 0x00000F4", "STOP: 0x0000007A", "c00021a" and one "missing %hs, c0000135"). Most of the time it restarts without any issues and works fine right after the BSOD and then an hour or two...

BSOD Help and Support

Need to add "TASKBARS" (MSese for "Launchpads", "Docks" NOT "Toolbars"My office just upgraded, and I can no longer use Windows XP. On this system, I was able to add a separate taskbar to facilitate quick access to commonly-browsed folder locations on our vast network, and another one expedited the launching of useful programs and lists. Each task on each taskbar...

General Discussion

Win7 thinks my 22" monitor is 17"! Resolution Probs!Guys,
I recently purchased a new Windows 7 HP computer and intended to use my Acer AL2216W (22" widescreen) monitor with it. The monitor worked fine on my XP PC, at it's native 1680x1050 res. Now i get this new Win7 PC and it can't figure out the resolution.. It's not offering me the 1680x1050,...

Graphic Cards

Various programs "have stopped working" + other probsHi all. I'm pretty much at my wits end with this problem now, and it seems, bizarrely, to have followed me from one machine to another. Here's a rundown:
My old machine(emachines e3042 - 2GB ram - Celeron D 3.2ghz - ATI Radeon X300) was running just fine with XP up until a few months ago. Then i...